Vittorio De Sica - The Children Are Watching Us (1955) Criterion

The Children Are Watching Us (I Bambini ci guardano) (1944) Directed by Vittorio de Sica Screenplay by Cesare Zavattini File Size (in bytes) ..: 733,671,424 Runtime (# of frames) .: 1:24:42 (121,824 frames) Video Codec ...........: xvid Frame Size ............: 592x448 FPS ...................: 23.976 Video Bitrate .........: 1056 kb/s Bits per Pixel ........: 0.166 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC ......: B-VOP Audio Codec ...........: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...........: 48000 Hz Audio bitrate .........: 86 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR Interleave ............: 80 ms No. of audio streams ..: 1 Subtitles in SRT and in SUB/IDX (RAR format) Rip and subtitles by -=:ZEiNAB:=- (:- To Raphael -:) Criterion Collection Spine# 323 (from the Criterion Collection Essay by Peter Brunette) ...The Children Are Watching Us is an emotionally powerful, politically provocative, and formally complex film in its own right. The Children Are Watching Us marks the first full blossoming of one of the most fruitful collaborations in world cinema history. The brilliant pairing of legendary Italian actor and hitherto commercial director Vittorio De Sica with Cesare Zavattini, the talented screenwriter who was to become the chief theorist of the neorealist movement that flourished in Italy right after World War II, created a synergy of magnificent proportions, which allowed each man to transcend his own individual limitations. Begun here, with The Children Are Watching Us, in 1944, at the height of the war, it was a collaboration that would produce the incomparable Bicycle Thieves in 1948, as well as such cinema classics as Shoeshine (1946), Miracle in Milan (1951), and Umberto D. (1952). *********************************** FREAKYFLICKS ************************************ Freakyflicks is a free and open community dedicated to preserving and sharing cinematic art in the digital era. Our goal is to disseminate such works of art to the widest audience possible through the channels provided by P2P technology. The Freakyflicks collection is limited to those films that have played an exceptional role in the history of cinema and its progression in becoming a great art. Films that are usually described as classic, cult, arthouse and avant-garde. If you have films that fit this description feel free to share them and participate in our community. All you need do is include this tag in your upload and join us at the forum to announce your release. 'If we all seed just 1:1, give at least what we take, this torrent will NEVER DIE'

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gabriil (2008-04-02)

one of de sica'best, hard to find! thank you!

gabriil (2008-04-02)

made in 1944, not 1955...

zeinabqureshi (2008-04-03)

Thanks, gabril... thanks for pointing it out, it's a rather big mistake.
Goofed up on the torrent name, the year's correct in the description I guess.
The full DVD was available on piratebay some time back I think. I don't think it deserves a full DVD...so I decided to rip it and post it.
De Sica is one of those master filmmakers who tend to be disregarded in favour of more fashionable ones like Fellini, whose career is very patchy to say the least. Fellini made a lot of ordinary films. De Sica made nothing but masterpieces.

zeinabqureshi (2008-04-03)

Reg "I don't think it deserves a full DVD..." I meant, it is a small film in monochrome with monaural audio, a good rip (this is a fair job) gives you good quality in a CD... no point downloading 4.36 GB when you can get reasonable quality in a rip in a fraction of the time.
Please stay a while a SeEd after you complete...

Laffitoff (2008-04-04)

Another fab download from zeinabqureshi!
Wasn't the film made in 1942 but not released until '44 because of those dirty Nazis and war problems?

zeinabqureshi (2008-04-04)

(: *Laffitoff*)
Don't really know if it was made in 1942, but it was made *during* WWII. Thanks for the info, and thanks for downloading.

faisalkidwai (2009-03-21)

Zeinab, I always thought I was crazy about films but you are in a different league all together. The depth and breadth of movies you have seen is simply amazing. You would do great as a film critic.
P.S. I am posting this message on other movie boards because I do not know which one you would read.

shasham (2010-05-08)

Thank you for another fabulous upload! I will definitely help seed. Cheers! :)

zeinabqureshi (2010-05-10)

@shasham: ~
Thanks for downloading and joining the swarm...much appreciated.